User Guide on Self-Assessment Tool
Table of Contents 2 Career Interests... 3 2.1 Take Assessment... 3 2.2 Assessment Results and Recommended Job Information... 7 Page 2 of 9
2 CAREER INTERESTS The Career Interests Assessment helps you to discover your interests and explore various career options. Finding an occupation that matches your interests and personality traits brings greater satisfaction and fulfilment in your career. You will receive recommendations on industries and jobs that match your interests, based on the assessment results. 2.1 TAKE ASSESSMENT 1. On the Self-Assessment Tool landing page, click the Take Assessment button below the Career Interests section. Page 3 of 9
2. You will be taken to the Career Interests assessment page. Here, you will have to answer 11 sets of questions. Complete each question by reading the question above each slider and selecting your responses to the statements by dragging the slider. You can also choose to click on an answer instead of dragging the slider. Click the Next button to save your response and proceed to the following question. 3. Once you have completed a set of questions, click the Next Set button to save all your responses and proceed to the following set. 4. As you progress through the assessment, the progress bar will fill up. You can navigate back to a previous set of statements if you wish to review or change your responses. Completed question sets will be displayed in green. Click the Start Over button to clear all your responses and restart from the beginning. Page 4 of 9
5. To continue with this assessment at a later time, click the Finish Later button. An alert message will be displayed. Click OK to leave this assessment and return to the Self-Assessment Tool landing page, or click Cancel to dismiss the alert and continue with the assessment. Note: Your responses for the current set will not be saved if you choose to exit before completing the current set and clicking the Next Set button. 6. To continue an incomplete assessment, click the Continue Assessment button on the Self-Assessment Tool landing page. Page 5 of 9
7. The assessment will display the earliest uncompleted question set from which you last exited. You can continue to select your responses to the statements and proceed to the following set. 8. After you have selected your response to the last question in the final set, click the Complete button to complete the assessment and view the results. To learn more about the assessment results, go to the Career Interests Assessment Results section. Page 6 of 9
2.2 ASSESSMENT RESULTS AND RECOMMENDED JOB INFORMATION 1. Upon completing the Career Interests assessment, your personalised result will be displayed. Your Career Interests are determined by your alignment to the six personality types: Realistic (R), Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Social (S), Enterprising (E), Conventional (C) Each personality type is assigned a score depending on the preferences you indicated in the Career Interests assessment, and a three-letter code is assigned based on your top three Career Interests. Page 7 of 9
2. Click the Recommended Job Information tab. 3. A list of job roles will be displayed. These recommendations are based on your Career Interests assessment results. Click on a job role to find out more about it. Example: Click Pharmacy Technician. The Job Information page for Pharmacy Assistant will be displayed. Here, you can view details about this job role such as Job Description, Roles and Responsibilities, Job Key Information, Page 8 of 9
Career Pathway, RIASEC Compatibility and Related Courses. Page 9 of 9